On 2017-05-11 13:29, Peter Robinson wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am interested to build an EPEL for i686 to support my CentOS 7 AltArch >> i686 setup. >> >> I know you are following RHEL's roadmap and i686 platform is not supported >> officially, but I am asking how I can start with this and be fully compliant >> with your processes. >> >> Idea 1 - EPEL will connect to CentOS AltArch SIG to support i686 builds to >> get an official packages. >> >> Idea 2 - I will take EPEL 7 SRPMS and build i686 on my own and not use the >> EPEL name for produced packages, but something else instead (AltPEL, APEL, >> ...) to not confuse EPEL users. >> >> What do you think? >> >> This has been discussed a LOT. I suggest checking back through the >> list archives and meeting notes for details. >> >> To summarise the problem that needs to be fixed is basically this: EL7 >> moves quite a bit faster than older releases and rebases libraries >> quite regularly so often packages need to be rebuilt when a new >> release comes out. Problem is it takes some time for i686/ARMv7 to >> catch up for the core release so we would end up in a situation where >> things could be rebuild against two different versions, when the >> secondary arches catch up they'll then be broken. >> >> The problem is quite well detailed, the problem is those that want the >> fix don't seem to be interested in doing the work to get it. those >> that could do it don't have the time or the interest in those >> architectures on EPEL. >> >> Peter >> _______________________________________________ >> epel-devel mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >> Thanks for your reply. >> >> So I will search though the lists and also I will start with Idea 2 (already >> prepared a build host for i686) to give it a try. >> >> Initially, I will need to check how many packages are architecture-dependent >> so see how much effort it will require to get a reasonable output. >> >> Building i686/ARM7 should not be bigger problem if the build setup supports >> it. >> >> Got some RPis at home, so I will test and update this thread later... >> >> Regarding the name - if I publish the repository and use AltPEL or APEL, is >> it OK for you? > As long as it's not EPEL and I don't get bug reports for it I'm not > overly bothered but others might comment here Ok, thanks :-)
//Zdenek
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